Australia vs. Switzerland - comparison between the role of governments in health, education and welfare (with stats)

Similarities and Differences in The Role of Government in healthcare, education and welfare payments The Government systems in Australia and Switzerland consist of many similarities and differences regarding the issue of healthcare, eduction and welfare payments. This includes the amount of expenditure, provided by capital revenue (eg. interest on stocks owned by Government, loan repayment and Capital Grants) and current revenue (eg. taxes and state owned enterprises), which is directed towards the health, education and …

…on research and development (R&D) into education, which is an important local factor, providing 2.7% of its GDP into R&D. (2000) Switzerland is one of the most actively engaged countries when it comes to research into education. In comparison, Australia only spends 1.53% of its GDP on research and development into education. We can see that the Swiss Government plays a more active role in research and development into education than Australia.